Two years ago Ed, Zaph and I drove thru Nova Scotia on our way to Newfoundland and we drove thru Nova Scotia on our way home. Would you believe Ed forgot to look for geocaches in Nova Scotia? I know, it's hard to believe but he did so top priority for today is to drive to Nova Scotia and find three geocaches. This was actually pretty easy as there were two at the Information Center and another one a couple of kilometers down the road.

First stop of day was Fort Beausejour - Fort Cumberland National Historic Site in New Brunswick. The buildings were closed but you could walk around the site.

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It is a beautiful spot. The fort was built by the French but taken over by the British thus the two names.

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Proof we made it to Nova Scotia. This is one of the nicest and prettiest information centers we have ever stopped at.

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On our drive back to Shediac we followed the coast. Port Elgin is a cute coastal village, much smaller than the Port Elgin near home. A park along the water is the home to this interesting tree --- there were apples, cherries and another berry.

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This pedestrian bridge looked a little rickety but I think it was a converted railway bridge so it should be pretty solid. On the drive we saw a number of villages and lots of cute houses and a lot of trailer parks.

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If you live near the ocean this site probably isn't new to you but it's a first for Ed and I. A backhoe with an elevated cab. Makes sense if you're working where there's a tide.

The Confederation Bridge joins Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. The curved, 12.9 kilometer (8 mile) long bridge is the longest in the world crossing ice-covered water, and more than a decade after its construction, it endures as one of Canada’s top engineering achievements of the 20th century. After four years of construction using crews of more than five thousand local workers, the Confederation Bridge opened to traffic on May 31, 1997, at a total construction cost of one billion dollars. ( borrowed from their website and modified)

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A shot from the beach. There is a nature reserve at the foot of the New Brunswick side of the bridge.

I was a little surprised that Ed didn't want to do a short excursion to PEI but he didn't think a couple of geocaches were worth the $26 toll for driving across the bridge.

As it seems with a lot of our days we run out of time. It was supper time and the rain that had been threatening all afternoon arrived when we finally reached the small town of Cap-Pele. The village is known as the smoked herring capital of Canada with over 95% of the smoked herring in Canada being produced here. I know this isn't important to most people but I LOVE smoke herring (actually all smoked fishes). We tried to buy some but they were sold out. The village's sandy beaches are among the most beautiful in Eastern Canada and the water is the warmest from North of Carolina.

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The village is home to a large fishing fleet. Driving thru town we passed a number of fish and lobster processing plants and smoke houses (you could tell by the crates full of wood).

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Angel of Cap-Pele was built in 1935 and the local priest obtained a permit from the highway engineer authorizing him to place the monument in it's current location. The angel protects the farmers and fishermen around Cap-Pele. Yesterday Ed and I bought lobsters which we enjoyed for dinner but we still wanted to try clam strips. As it was super time and we were hungry and there was a restaurant that had clam strips we stopped for dinner. Luckily, we saw an order come out from the kitchen so we knew to only order one plate. This is clam strips, three pieces of fish (hiding under the clam strips) and french fries on the bottom. I ate what I could and Ed did his best but left some fries.